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Python

Yang Hu
Yang Hu
7,782 Points
Posted by Yang Hu
Yang Hu
7,782 Points

Problem working with multiple files.

Hi all, I made a very simple program for testing, it's like this:

player_name = "Jack"
def print_name():
    print(player_name)
print_name()

Now I move my function to another file, so file 1 becomes:

from file_2 import print_name
player_name = "Jack"
print_name()

file_2:

def print_name():
    print(player_name)

Ok, now if I run file 1, I'll get a name error saying that player_name is not defined. So it seems to me that the import statement does not simply add the code of file 2 to file 1. So is there a way to have file 2 acknowlege the player_name variable in file 1, so I don't have to set and pass in parameters this:

from file_2 import print_name
player_name = "Jack"
print_name(player_name)

def print_name(player_name):
    print(player_name)
Austin Lockwood
Austin Lockwood
514 Points

You should be able to create a separate file named player_name with whatever you need in it, then import that at the beginning of your other files with "import player_name"